BIOLOGICAL NOTES. 
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Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey). Marbled Rock-fish. 
One specimen, 3 inches long, was taken August 15. 
Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus). Yellow-finned Grouper. 
Eight small specimens were secured on four different days (August 8 and 28, September 8, 
and October 20). 
Pseudopriacanthus altus Gill. Short Big-eye. 
Comparatively rare, only 9 being observed between August 15 and September 8, whereas in the 
previous year over 100 were taken. 
Neomaenis griseus (Linnaeus). Gray Snapper. 
Five specimens, the largest 1.875 inches long, were seined in Katama Bay on August 29. The 
general color is pale, with 6 or 8 narrow, dark, longitudinal stripes; spinous dorsal tin dark, with a 
sharply defined blackish bar involving the distal part of the fin, the extreme edge being white. Only 
two specimens, taken in September, 1897, were previously obtained in this region. The species appears 
to range normally as far north as Chesapeake Bay. 
Neomaenis apodus (Walbaum). Schoolmaster. 
There has been only one previous record of the occurrence of this snapper north of Florida — 
namely, September 20, 1888, when an example 5.5 inches long was taken at Woods Hole. On August 
29 and September 11, 1900, two specimens, 1 inch and 1.5 inches long, respectively, were caught in 
Katama Bay. The general color of the body is pale yellow, with 6 to 8 dark crossbands; a dark line 
extends from snout through eye to upper end of gill opening; several narrow dark lines run on head 
posterior to eye; anal fin red. , 
Neomaenis blackfordi (Goode & Bean) . Red Snapper. 
Nine specimens, the largest under 2 inches long, were seined September 7, September 11, and 
October 20. Their colors in life were as follows: General color, red like the adult fish; body marked 
by about 7 double dark crossbands; in the crossband nearest the junction of the two parts of the dorsal 
fin is a large jet-black blotch extending from the fin to below the lateral line; spinous dorsal dusky; 
soft dorsal with a dusky median zone and a dark edge; caudal pale, with a dark narrow border. The 
only other red snapper recorded for this region is a specimen 'weighing 8.5 pounds, taken in 
October, 1890. 
Neomaenis analis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Mutton-fish. 
Twenty specimens of this snapper were taken, between August 28 and October 12, the largest 
being 2 inches long. These resemble the young red snapper in being banded and having a black 
lateral spot; the bands, however, are rather broader and more sharply defined, and the spot is smaller, 
less distinct, and does not extend to the median line of the back. This species was regarded as very 
rare until 1899, when more than 20 small examples were observed. 
Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch. Butterfly-fish. 
This species, formerly a rare straggler, must now be regarded as common, in the light of the 
experience of the past few years. In 1900 123 specimens were taken; the fish being found in Katama 
Bay on 13 different occasions between August 15 and October 26; 26 were seined on September 8, and 
21 on October 3. 
Chaetodon bricei Smith. Butterfly -fish. 
About 35 were observed on ten different days, in company with the preceding species. 
Teuthis coeruleus (Bloch & Schneider). Blue Tang. 
Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus. Tang. 
Teuthis bahianus (Castlenau). Tang. 
A few specimens of each of these species were taken in August, September, and October. They 
were last observed on October 3, when one of each was secured. 
Lactophrys tricornis (Linnaeus). Cow-fish. 
Two specimens only 0. 25 of an inch long were taken October 4. 
Scorpaena plumieri Bloch. Scorpion-fish. 
Two small specimens were obtained October 20 and 26. 
F. C. B, 1901—3 
